Industrials Drop 231 Points
Amid Interest-Rate Worries

NEW YORK -- Interest-rate worries proved more powerful than any optimism generated by strong third-quarter profits, sending U.S. equities to sharp losses in Tuesday's trading session.

Shares of a host of blue-chip names suffered sharp setbacks in the trading session, including consumer names such as Coca-Cola , which fell 1 13/16 to 50 9/16, and Colgate-Palmolive , which dropped 1 7/8 to 51 5/8, as well as cyclical issues, such as...